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Singer D4vd performs onstage during Day 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old

Alex Galbraith

The missing teen's remains were found in the trunk of a car belonging to the singer in September

Kash Patel testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Patel sues Atlantic for $250M

Alex Galbraith

The FBI director accused the outlet of publishing a "hit piece" about his tenure at the agency

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway attend "The Devil Wears Prada 2" premiere in South Korea (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

"The Devil Wears Prada 2" sold its soul

Coleman Spilde

The massive marketing campaign for "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is degrading the film's earnest, chic legacy

President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s looming downballot disaster

Russell Payne

Trump's unpopularity is putting Republican dominance in state legislatures at risk

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President Donald Trump has been labeled many things. At his core, he's a chaos agent. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

"TACO" theory hides Trump's real threat

Chauncey DeVega

What really matters is the destruction the president leaves behind

"More people should get married young and have more kids than they can afford," the late Charlie Kirk tweeted, words that have become a mantra for many conservatives. (Michele Ursi/Getty Images)

MAGA wants teen births. It won't work

Amanda Marcotte

Teen birth rates are at historic lows — and young women want to keep it that way

A screen displays U.S. and Israeli flags in Times Square, New York, Oct. 13, 2023. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Big winner at DNC meeting: Israel

Norman Solomon

Democratic leaders side with Israel again, over the wishes of their own voters

Empty Hospital Bed (Getty Images/David Sacks)

Texas docs sanctioned in women's deaths

Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser - ProPublica

Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages. State medical board faults doctors’ substandard care

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Transportation to major events is always part of the planning and can add to the already pricey endeavor. This summer's World Cup at MetLife Park in New Jersey is no exception, with a train ticket from Manhattan costing 12 times the normal fare for ticketholders. (Luke Hales / Getty Images)

$12 commute becomes $150 World Cup ride

CK Smith

NJ Transit’s pricing plan is drawing backlash over affordability and access for incoming fans and local commuters

Lorne Michaels stars in director Morgan Neville's documentary "Lorne" (Focus Features)

How the "SNL" sausage gets made

Coleman Spilde

In the new documentary, "Lorne," director Morgan Neville reminds us why "SNL" never fails to capture our curiosity

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama met for the first time at a Bronx pre-K center to read to the students and highlight their mutual focus on early education policies. (Anadolu / Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Obama & Mamdani read to Bronx pre-K kids

CK Smith

Their first in-person meeting highlights early education, and Obama’s promise to advise the city’s new mayor

From left, Geert Wilders of the Dutch Freedom Party, Marine Le Pen of the French party National Rally, Santiago Abascal of the Spanish party VOX, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at the "Make Europe Great Again" rally in Madrid, Feb. 8, 2025. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

MAGA’s battle for Europe isn’t over

Andrew O'Hehir

Donald Trump has turned toxic and Viktor Orbán is toast. But the authoritarian threat isn't going away

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You should be freezing your garlic

Joy Saha

Prepping and storing fresh garlic doesn’t have to be a hassle, thanks to these tips from a professional chef

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MAGA and the death of middlebrow

Mike Lofgren

All the cool people hated middle-class suburban culture — but it looks a lot better compared to what came next

Clarence Thomas speaks at a special lecture for America's 250th anniversary, His comments about progressivism being the root of authoritarianism has sparked controversy with historians. (Jay Janner / The Austin American-Statesman / Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas attacks progressivism

Heather Digby Parton

In a speech celebrating America's 250th, the Supreme Court justice gave a dishonest and dangerous read of history

Democratic campaign posters in rural Georgia (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

The South can help defeat MAGA

Beth Howard

Rural whites can be fierce fighters for economic and racial justice — if they are welcomed by progressives

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Attorney Lisa Bloom (R) comforts Lonna Drewes during a press conference in which Drewes accused U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of sexual assault, on April 14, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Politics shaken by new #MeToo reckonings

Grace Panetta - The 19th

Eric Swalwell's downfall is driving a renewed focus on sexual misconduct and abuse in Washington

Clarence Thomas speaks at a special lecture for America's 250th anniversary, His comments about progressivism being the root of authoritarianism has sparked controversy with historians. (Jay Janner / The Austin American-Statesman / Getty Images)

Thomas blames progressivism for Hitler

CK Smith

Experts say the justice’s remarks misrepresent the causes of authoritarianism while inflaming political rhetoric

President Trump spoke at a TPUSA event of mostly older supporters to rally young people into showing up for the midterms, amid a legally-questionable push to put TPUSA clubs on high school campuses across the nation. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Now in classrooms: TPUSA's next frontier

CK Smith

The expansion into high schools with political backing is intensifying a national fight over education and ideology

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Donald Trump's cabinet has daddy issues

Andi Zeisler

The president's obsession with dominance, loyalty and humiliation makes him a lot like the father he feared

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Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin in "Up In Smoke" (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The everlasting high of stoner comedies

Coleman Spilde

Stoner buddy comedies like "Up in Smoke" and "Harold & Kumar" make the grass greener on all sides

Pope Leo XIV (Alberto PIZZOLI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Leo: Soft on crime?

Alex Galbraith

Trump’s attack on the pontiff shows how little daylight exists on the issue between Democrats and Republicans

MAGA influencer Tucker Carlson (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Conservative books abandon politics

Sophia Tesfaye

From Ann Coulter’s bestsellers to Tucker Carlson’s new imprint, right-wing books have descended into lifestyle slop

Donald Trump listens to other speakers after delivering remarks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump outlined plans to expand in vitro fertilization access by encouraging workplace benefits to include access to IVF and infertility coverage. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump isn't helping America's fertility

Nicole Karlis

Conservatives says the "problem" is fewer teen pregnancies. But the solution is actually fixing childcare

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